Jim mccune race car driver

View jim mccunes profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Nov 08, 2019 this 1970 camaro z28 has less than 8,600 miles showing on the odometer. On the second try, mccune jumped out front with bowers and mark enos in tow. Jimmy mccune racing career profile driver database. Drivers killed in racing accidents midgetmadness forum. Clark, 32, was at the wheel of his lotuscosworth which left the track at 170mph 274kmh, somersaulted through the air and collided with a. Championship points standings for the usac national sprint car series. Californias joe james made his mark in a brief career. He formed a remarkable relationship with boss colin chapman, meaning he often had the fastest car.

Clark won 25 of the 72 formula 1 races he contested before he was killed at age 32 during a formula 2 race at hockenheim, germany. The most comprehensive sprint car racing website on the web. Finally, the phil harms collection includes home movies of the 1965 race with scenes of clarks car rolling out of the pit lane, running practice and qualifying laps, and leading the pack in the actual race. Woodie was top qualifier, while jewell and mccune won the heats. Music video by primus performing jerry was a race car driver. This year mccune is part of a twocar team with his nephew, anthony, driving the second car. Biobased usa gets first supermodified win at toledo.

Irv janey of cedar rapids, iowa turned in the fastest time in time trials and then won the 50lap feature race on this afternoon marv derr photo. Red amick won the imca sprint car race at the winchester speedway, winchester,in. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. Driver introductions at georgia international speedway. Clark was a versatile driver who competed in sports cars, touring cars and in the indianapolis 500, which he won in 1965. Usac silver crown sprint car racing news, schedules. In the fall of 61 a bothersome thyroid condition ended his driving career. Jerry weld won the sprint car race at the olympic stadium, kansas city,mo.

Fordyce racing has campaigned the pay less little 500 presented by uawgm and the thursday night sprint. Obe 4 march 1936 7 april 1968 was a british formula one racing driver from scotland, who won two world championships, in 1963 and 1965. On the other hand, that same car had been rearended during the previous race in barcelona one week before. Drivers from 16 michigan tracks and 16 touring series, as well as several special award recipients, were honored. The answer came in belgium at the track that clark liked the least. The roar of nonwing sprint cars returns to the high banked. After the year began with so much promise lotus was struggling to find some reliability. In another exciting feature race, the 22car smokers paradise late model field. Jan 23, 2017 jim halls chaparral built some of the wildest and most creative race cars ever seen. Jun 16, 2009 music video by primus performing jerry was a race car driver. Series profile sprint car racing news, schedules, results. Jim and my dad, ron nielsen, worked on this car in our garage in rockford, michigan.

Jim mccune would win the overall points title at the 1965 imca winternationals florida racing history photo tampa, fla. Dusty woodie, tim allensworth, butch erickson, smith, and bowers completed the top ten. The drivers were restless in their seats, as the fans were too. Curly boyd was second followed by bob king, jim mccune and gordon woolley. This 1970 camaro z28 has less than 8,600 miles showing on the odometer. The lotus 25 was a beautiful race car if only it could finish a race that counted. A licensed scca driver, jim was a spotter on a race team at the indy 500, and was employed by the famous. Driver for jim dunn racingcattlemans cutdodge charger nitro funny carcar owner.

Look them up if you have time, they are well worth it. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather and his father, chris, jason dukes is a third generation driver in the super division today. News, photos, results, and more from dozens of associations. Barton won the race, which honored driver chamberlin who was. He drove in the hoosier outlaw sprint series hoss and auto value sprint car series in the late 90s and early 2000s. The first joe james memorial race was held at salem in 1953. Nicknamed the flying scot, he competed in formula one between 1965 and 1973, winning three world drivers championships, and twice finishing as runnerup over those nine seasons. Jan 21, 2018 trophies for the top 15 in series points, as well as the top five in south division points, were also awarded along with 24 by 36 profile posters that commemorated each drivers place in the season standings. Why has this 1970 chevrolet camaro z28 gone just 8,500 miles.

The second and third place cars were disqualified during post race inspection. He and his son jimmy mccune our driver setup the car and work with crew members ben gustafson, gary mullins, marty the engineer, les bales, mike strecher, mark bassett and all their wives. Drivers killed in racing accidents posted in midgetmadness forum. Motor racing world champion jim clark has been killed in a car crash during a formula two race at hockenheim. Several drivers and officials from various arca properties were honored. Fifth generation jimmy mccune has sign with the new mccune motorsports driver development team. To be able to watch the best driver race,as i did way back then is to realise how good jim was,he.

February, 1965 greg weld of kansas city ran off and hid in the golden anniversary 50 sprint car race at the florida state fairgrounds on saturday afternoon and became the only driver to win two features in. As one of the most experienced and respected racing institutions in north america, jim russell offers the ultimate adrenaline rush for firsttime race drivers or long time race fanatics. This year mccune is part of a twocar team with his nephew, anthony, driving. Jim halls chaparral built some of the wildest and most creative race cars ever seen. Drivers with last names starting with m racingreference. Usac national sprint car series 1966 standings driver database. January 24, 2018 must see racing honored the top performers from its 2017 season during the annual must see racing awards banquet on saturday in coldwater, michigan, where jimmy mccune was officially crowned champion for the thirdstraight year. Mccune looking to continue anderson speedway success sports. In less competitive machinery, clark showed he could fight against the odds. However, a spin by dan shannon in turn three caused a complete restart. Dirt track racing in oklahoma more about family than you think. Saunier wins in super return to midvale midvale speedway. The car on the move, though, was that of the late model feature winners brother, mark enos. Jim did well enough that by latesummer 1961 that he was offered a ride by fame car owner lindsey hopkins in the hoosier hundred, a race at the indiana state fairgrounds on the united states auto club usac national championship trail.

The cars original owner had it for nearly 30 years and put just 3,000 of those miles. Using state of the art formula race cars, jim russells proven methods have graduated more successful drivers and world champions than any other racing school. Whipkey main event on last lap pass of baker midvale. A native of scotland, clark started racing sports cars when he was 20 years old and soon graduated to single seaters. The toledobased mccune family, with four generations of race drivers and counting, were also honored with a marfc. Contributed by peter smithstaff writer if you live in toledo and are a fan of short track racing, odds are youre familiar with the racing exploits of jimmy mccune. Yesteryears auto racing products starmaker multimedia. Anderson speedway the worlds fastest highbanked quarter.

Why has this 1970 chevrolet camaro z28 gone just 8,500. He was never injured in a race car, with his most serious accident happening at degraff, ohio, when he flipped a roadster while racing with the mutual racing. After doing a few practice laps, he can in the pits, parked the car. Mccune maintained her lead, but aaron pollock made an impressive charge, going low and high to try and get around the 58 machine of mccune. Miscellaneous all races for a year all races on a specific date random page chase races road course stats restrictor plate races all star race. Bobby gerhart won the super modified race at the susquehanna speedway, newberrytown,pa. On the restart his car caught the wheel of mike nazaruks car, sending it into a series of flips. The five divisions of racing had a grand total of 140 cars.

The car raced at lebanon valley ny, langhorne pa, owega ny, seekunk ma, willow grove pa, watkins glen and lime rock to name a few. May 10, 2018 the team will be attempting to make the race once again in 2018. How tall is jim clark racer jim clark height comparison. Of you are not, let me shed a little light on his story. Drivers have said of driving at the speedway, its like flying a jet airplane.

Fordyce racing excited for the 70th pay less little 500. Active drivers career stats nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoor truck series pintys series ntt indycar series arca menards series. So equipped, clark dominated and would have won more than two titles had it not been for poor reliability. The veteran driver in his second week of racing the d. Mar, 2014 in 1961 jim ran a limited number of championship events and finished the year 16th in the point chase. Bob williams was second followed by junior hower, greg weld and jerry dix.

He was 74 and hadnt driven a race car in many years but was on hand to race with many of the old timers. Mccune leads honorees at msr awards night race chaser online. The driver in the red fire suit is joe rutman, he despiritly wanted to jump in bentleys super and race. American hall of fame race car driver best known as the first threetime. Neil bonnett, the lovely eva taylor and dan spence the allpro flagman. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the. Rookie mike bowers and third year driver, jim mccune, brought the field down for a green on the original start. Derek wild used to say that you could put all the gearboxes on the bench in front of him in random order and he could tell which gearbox came out of jim s car as it. Transported to the hospital with a skull fracture and severe internal injuries, james held on for three days before succumbing to the beating his diminutive body had endured. Driver of the year jimmy mccune crew chief of the year jim mccune.

The car s original owner had it for nearly 30 years and put just 3,000 of those miles. Championship points standings for the usac national sprint car series 1964. Jim clark died in a crash at the hockenheim race circuit in germany in 1968. Jim clark and the win that changed indy blog the henry. Supermodified racer jimmy mccune carries on family. He was particularly associated with the lotus marque clark was killed in a formula two racing. Payment accepted includes paypal electronic check, debit, credit card cash and money order. Some namars history vintage midget racing midgetmadness. Ohio driver jimmy mccune really doesnt know why he excels at winged. Must see racing honors top performers at annual awards night.

Ed hoyle, garvin cooper, jim mcgee,dick carmen adn roy boy maloumian vscca log book goes back to 1993 but have historical data and documentation of its history. Many auto racing historians consider jim clark one of the greatest drivers of all time. Jimmy is latest in a line of racing legends in the mccune family. Jim hall born july 23, 1935 in abilene, texas is a retired american racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. Brian norton, the alltime winningest arca street stock driver at flat rock, was presented the marfc media award in recognition of his efforts to document and preserve the photo history of local and regional stock car racing. Chase jones to make first pavement sprint car start anderson, indiana october 1, 2018. Browse hundreds of tracks for news, events, photos, and more. You could argue that a suspension failure was unlikely because of the gentle nature of the corner, the damp conditions and the fact that clark, strangely off form, was not battling through from eighth place.

Craig a former winged sprint car driver, leads the team. He also stated that he could always identify the gearbox from jims car due to the relative lack of wear on the internals, compared to any of his team mates. While he is best known as a car constructor, he was one of the greatest american racing drivers of his generation, capturing consecutive united states road racing championships 1964, 1965, two road america 500s 1962, 1964, two watkins glen. State fair auto races, lincoln, nebraska 1964 youtube.

The track then sat idle for two years until jim ford, a former driver and sprint car owner from elmore, ohio, leased the track from the sandusky county fair board. Jimmy mccune and mike astraukas brought the nine car field down for the green, with mccune taking a commanding lead in the opening. Fordyce racing excited for the 70th pay less little 500 presented. On this day jim clark the motor racing champion was killed in a car crash in germany. They have tabbed united states auto club usac standout, cj leary to pilot the sprint car for the 2018 race. This is true, but also the brake pads lasted three times longer than those of any other driver. Mccune clinches title jim mccune would win the overall points title at the 1965 imca winternationals florida racing history photo. With the win mccune entered the record books as the first driver to win both the supermodified and sprint car portions of the show. Virginia mccune, widow of family racing patriarch, irish jim mccune. Mccune looking to continue anderson speedway success. Craig and jessica fordyce have entered a car into the pay less little 500 presented by uawgm for the second year in a row. Rounding out the top ten were dusty woodie, jim mccune, butch erickson, wilson, and mike.

Clark, 32, was at the wheel of his lotuscosworth which left the track at 170mph 274kmh, somersaulted through the air and collided with a tree on a remote part of the german track. Supermodified racer jimmy mccune carries on family tradition. Craig, has been around racing since he was a little kid, racing with his father. Buddy cochran won the sprint car race over hank jacoby and ralph quarterson at the sharon speedway, hartford, oh. Jim mccune sprint car racing news, schedules, results. Chase jones to make first pavement sprint car start. Find how tall is your favorite star racer jim clark along with hisher height chart. He finished third in this race, an impressive start to his indy car career. Bentley warren talking to darrell waltrip in budweiser fire suit after waltrip warmed up the backup flying 5 super the night the asa race was at oswego.

There have been many stories about the tyres on jim clarks car lasting four races. Mccune was able to stretch her lead to 10 car lengths after pollock said he had to go a little easier on the tires in the final laps. Feb 27, 2006 it was another lengthy red flag before action resumed. From news and results, to online fantasy racing has it all. Smith and dexter won the heats, while gainer set fast time for the second race night in a row. Several drivers and officials from various arca properties were honored saturday night at the 52 nd annual michigan auto racing fan club awards banquet in warren, michigan. Tribute to bob marvin a multichampionship sprint car racer from columbus, ohio who died during a usac. Fordyce racing announced that chase jones will be making his first start in a pavement sprint car at the tony elliott classic october 6th. Jim dunn racing 2020 photo gallery 2019 photo gallery 2018 photo gallery 2017 photo gallery rookie year gallery. It was also in a racing museum for some time in north carolina.

Usac national sprint car series 1964 standings driver database. Expect more big things to come from mccune as he has a busy season in store because bulldog jimmy mccune is always a contender no matter where he goes or what he drives. Sir john young jackie stewart, obe born 11 june 1939 is a british former formula one racing driver from scotland. Jun 27, 20 with the win mccune entered the record books as the first driver to win both the supermodified and sprint car portions of the show. Jim mccune won the imca sprint car race over johnny white, gordon johncock, tom mcclellan and gordon woolley at the winchester speedway. Late model stock car races at hutchinson, kansas on. Jim announced that it was the start of the racing season. Noley cousin to gordon johncock was my moms favorite driver back then. From there it became a threecar race, with chinn and klepper dogging each other for second and third.